The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-11

and the Public Schools.
vrsn Tie Indian. Christian Asvossss-
ssoon after the nomination Of Hon. \.
NJ Sweeney, last summer, for the efice
of Superintendent Of Public Instruction,
We took occasion 20 cay that be IL Ro-
man Catholic, and to state the sv0wed
Of thsl Church 20 our schools,
and 10 deprecale the putting Of our
school funds and the general interests OF
our schools under the management oil
|one whose supreme allegiance 10 20 hisI
Church and lie dcgmss, IL be IL true
Catholic. Later We again recurred to-
the subject and referred % certain facts
|in the management Of the public schools
lin Dubois county where he ID : county
We were not hasty or
lunadvised In our statements, but they
were made after careful investigation, :,
land We believed them true, and We yet
believe them true In substance and ~
detail.
Mr.. Sweeney has sent us copy Of q
circular relating to this matter. which o.
u fret glance appears 70 Be denial. but
which e more OF . confession than d.
lniaI OF the eravamen Of our allegations.
|For instance, We charged that In the
schools taught BY Sisters the text books
usually used were displaced by Catholic
Itext books- To meet this be parades q
certificate from the publishers Of Nc
'GufTe,'s Readers, that they are satistied
with their sales IN Dubois county. Of
'course they are. but Mr. Sweeney does
mot say that these books are used In ail
1.-The Catholic schools Of that county that
!are supported out Of the school fund.-
They are not, unless our informant ts
mistaken. Possibly they may Be, Domi-
InalIy, in some Of them, for appearance
sake, but not otherwise. He parades a.
leo certificate Of . Sister who is one
of those supported out Of the public
Ifunds, who tesfilies thst the 1Irst license
she ever received shc received u bis
Ihands. That ID the point We made
Though We did not give il half the force
that this confession does. Cntil mr.
Sweeney became superintendent the
I..Sistersr could not draw from the pub
|Iic funds because they were not licensed.
Ito obviate this difficulty he gave IL
lcsnse 10 forty -Sisters,v q he himseII
shows in this circular, and at once forty
|CathoIic teachers were foisted upon the
public school funds, without one jot's
abatement Of the hostility OF the Church
Ito our free Goddess schools.
Take the schools Of Jasper - . pro.
liable example Of al Of those taught by
ICstholics. There are four schools is
Jasper. Or were when We instituted oul
Investigation two Of these are frr'
-chools. ~ yearly after the model Of ou
)Ifree schools eIsew here - they can b
Iunder the surroundings, and two ar'
ICafholic schools - nearly after the mod
lei OF Catholic schools everywhere as 1
possible, while bringing them within th'
sliet:er OF the law 50 that they can draw
their support from the school fund. No
lone Cafbolir child goes 10 the free school
; Iof Jasper any more than they 60 to fres
IschooIs Of indianapolis, and not . Protest
amt child goes TO the Catholic schools cx
, cent on the Identical conditions that the.
would enter . purely parochial schoo
ANY where. These are parochiai school
Ito al insents and purposes, except tha
they are supported from the schoo
lsunds. We did not investigate ell th
schools in Dubois county kept BY III
.lforty -Sister<,r whom Mr. Sweeney SAYS
lin his circular, he has licensed. but i
fair 70 suppose that they ere identica
with the Jasper ho0ls-parochiai u
fact though posing = free schools, an
.'drawing support from the school funds
\ But how wele these Sisters examined
1--we did not intend to expose the frau
'Iby which these parochiaI schools wer
.xIfOisted upon the school funds ~ ~
''ISwecney. but - he insists that We sha
ldo him justicc We will say that they wer
mot examined In the class and q th
thine Of the public examination sno 4
the way that other teacners are e
amined. but separately. Whetneror %
Mr.. Sweeney brought in Dill % %
commissioner for this separate exam
nation We are not prepared TO prove {